Julio Torres is Back to Short Form with the Refreshing "Fantasmas"
…true to you and not necessarily in the way that people want it to come out.” While the overall show is entertaining, it’s the short vignettes that really allow Torres…
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"Cholitas" Inspires With Indigenous Latinas Reaching New Heights
…Cholitas (aka Indigenous, Bolivian women). Dora Magueño, Cecilia Llusco, Ana Lía (Liita) González, Lidia Huayllas, and Elena Quispe begin their journey in El Alto and La Paz, Bolivia, at 4150…
American Girl Still Matters to This 24-Year-Old Latina
…online virtual games for hours at a time. I watched, then re-watched, their live-action movies starring their dolls in the real world, which I would argue set a precedent for…
"The Human Surge 3" Offers Space to Dream
…offers some way to pass the time and live in our own little utopias for a bit. Filmmaker Eduardo Williams takes this universal experience and gives it an expansive, surreal…
"Uma Família Feliz" is a Broken One
…is what drives the rest of the story. As we get to know Eva and Vicente’s domestic life, it becomes apparent that the image they project is not real. Starting…
"The Bear" Season 3 Offers Me Uncomfortably Close Insights
…watching a show – it’s reminded me of the tension in that reality, the pain from standing in garde manger for fourteen hours, vivid whiffs of smells long dissipated, and…
Jessica Alba’s "Trigger Warning" Pushes Harmful Rhetoric
…They don’t. Instead, the Latina lead acquiesces to his points and lets him, a white man, be the only person initiating conversations about our struggles, daily realities, and existence. Which…
Latina Journalists Unpack Presidential Debate
…simply thanking the candidates after their remarks normalized the spread of misinformation. This failure to fact-check in real-time allowed Trump’s misleading statements about immigration and other issues to go unchallenged,…
LGBTQ Latin American Cinema Leads the Way
…real life as in so many other arts. To learn more, check out these must-see films in LGBTQ Latin American cinema: El Beso de la Mujer Araña (1985) https://youtu.be/BZt_XtU1LZ8?si=tkSF52Cnt7PfhJar The…
Starring Jeanine Mason, "WondLa" Teaches How Family Saves Us
…family, even before she realizes they are her people. Even when some of the characters fight against coming together, Eva’s magnetic spirit holds them close and teaches them that a…